Section 1:  Understanding Our Environment

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Key Terms:

• Environmental Science
• Ecology
  
• Agriculture
  
• Natural Resource
  
• Pollution
  
• ​Biodiversity
  

Main Ideas:

• Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary study of human interactions with the living and nonliving world.  One important foundation of environmental science is the science of ecology.
• Environmental change has occurred throughout Earth's history.
  
• Hunter-gatherer societies cleared grassland by setting fires and may have contributed to the extinction of some large mammals.
  
• The agricultural revolution caused human population growth, habitat loss, soil erosion, and the domestication of plants and animals.
  
• The Industrial Revolution cause rapid human population growth and the increased use of fossil fuels.  Most modern environmental problems began during the Industrial Revolution.
  
• The major environmental problems we face today are resource depletion, pollution, and loss of biodiversity.